News Summary

• Google has been fined €403m (£345m) by the Republic of Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) The penalty is one of the largest of its kind imposed by the Irish watchdog authority.
• It followed an inquiry launched into the tech giant six years ago, following complaints from several European consumer rights organisations.
• The inquiry concerned Google's processing of location data in three specific features - Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy.
• In addition to being fined, Google has also been ordered to bring its data processing into compliance within six months.